Goodstart Burnside

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277-281 Westwood Drive, BURNSIDE, 3023, VIC

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6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday

Open every weekday of the year, except public holidays

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Kindergarten

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About our centre

Goodstart Early Learning Burnside is a 90 place child care centre that caters for children aged six weeks to six years.

There are six rooms: two Nursery Rooms, two Toddler Rooms, a Prekinder and Kinder Room. Our Kindergarten Educator holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Learning.

We have three spacious outdoor playgrounds and there is a large variety of equipment to facilitate active play.

We have a qualified Centre Cook who prepares hot, nutritious meals each day. We cater to dietary alternatives for children who have allergies to dairy, egg and wheat. We are a nut free – egg free centre. Meals provided each day are breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and a late snack.

At Goodstart Burnside, all our Educators have First Aid qualifications as well as Anaphylaxis and Asthma management training.

We celebrate a variety of occasions and community events throughout the year: Chinese New Year, Red Nose Day, Jeans for Genes Day, Daffodil Day, Crazy Hair Day, Pyjama Day, Diwali, AFL Week, Mother's and Father's Day, Easter and Christmas. Invitations are extended to parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents for some of these special celebrations.

Our child care educators pride themselves on delivering a fun and educational learning experience for each child in their care. They work hard to ensure strong friendships are built and flourish during a child's day at Goodstart Early Learning Burnside.

Emily Tyrell

Centre Director

My name is Emily and I am the Centre Director for Goodstart Burnside!

I have worked within the industry for around 11 years and spent two of those years working in Disability Industry Facilitation programs for both children and adults.

I started at Goodstart in 2013 as a room assistant and went on to be a room leader. I returned to childcare in 2021 as an Assistant Director and Educational Leader.

I honestly believe that early years education is a very important time for children, but it is also a journey for both child and family.

Early years is when children start to become who they are in this big world and start to understand and feel new and different emotions.

Children begin to learn different skills that are important and unique for them personally, which will also provoke thoughts and encourage questions.

Early years education is the time for children to investigate the world around them and at Goodstart Burnside will be there guiding each child individually and inclusively along their own personal path for a lifelong learning journey.